Selling Sex at a Cost

GETSOME

GETSOME is the podcast for anyone who has wondered why sex can feel so complicated, so private, or so loaded with shame. Hosted by Michelle Fischler, MSW, RSW, RP, ASTO-Certified Sex Therapist, GETSOME opens honest conversations about the sexual stories people carry: desire, identity, relationships, pleasure, aging, kink, pelvic pain, trauma, masculinity, culture, race, faith, and the questions people rarely get to ask out loud. These have always been wide-ranging, story-led conversations. Shame was never the only subject, but it kept surfacing underneath. As GETSOME returns for Season 4, Michelle names that thread more directly through the unshaming framework: shame first, then technique. The work rests on one reframe: your body is communicating, not malfunctioning. You are not broken. You are human, and there is more context here than you were taught to see. Michelle's book, Coming Soon: The Unshaming Guide to Early Ejaculation and Lasting Longer, is available now at comingsoonbook.ca. Season 4 returns in September 2026.

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29 Dec, 2022

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Selling Sex at a Cost

Various organizations across Canada are advocating for the decriminalization of sex work. This includes the Canadian Association of Social Workers, who’s code of ethics seeks to balance the protection of individuals and the principle of doing no harm with autonomy and self-determination. The advocacy only applies to the selling of sex between two consenting adults.

Today’s guests, Elizabeth Weisz and Katherine Van Meyl, are supporters of the decriminalization of sex work. Elizabeth Weisz is a companion and sex worker who has been in the industry for almost seven years. Katherine Van Meyl is a therapist who adopts a psychodynamic perspective in the treatment of couples, families, and individuals. She also used to be part of the sex work industry and is creating a documentary highlighting male sex workers’ experiences within the industry.

In this episode, host Michelle Fischler speaks with Elizabeth and Katherine about their experiences in the industry, thoughts on the decriminalization of the industry, and more.

Show Notes:

2:25: Defining industry terminology – “sex worker” versus “companion

11:37: Legalities of sex work

23:13: Safety of sex workers

29:41: Supporting sex workers as a therapist

35:32: Relying on the sex work community as a sex worker

38:00: Getting into the industry

51:12: Benefits of being in the industry

57:56: Katherine’s documentary

Find Katherine Van Meyl here:

www.umbrellainsights.ca

Twitter: @KatVanMeyl

Instagram: @KatVanMeyl

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-van-meyl/

Find Elizabeth Wiesz here:

Twitter: @YourElizabethTO

IG: @Ellieweisz_to

Website: www.meetelizabethweisz.com (http://www.meetelizabethweisz.com/)

CASW The Canadian Association of Social Workers Provides Recommendations for a Safer, Better Canada for Sex-Workers

https://www.casw-acts.ca/en/canadian-association-social-workers-provides-recommendations-safer-better-canada-sex-workers

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